roger. go ahead. >> i'm sorry. i didn't say anything, but agree with kelly that extremism is helping the president, and actually i think one of the things he was looking for at the montana meeting, where he called on people that clearly were going to be critical. he called on a guy wearing an nra jacket and thought he was going to get a much hor heated question than he got. he looked good in comparison to the opposition. and when the opposition goes over the line, regardless of how much other presidents have had to bear this, it helps the president. because he looks reasonable in the face of extremism. >> in the face of extremism, and i'm curious, you seem to paint this, if it's only on the extreme right. >> oh, no. there's been extremism in american history -- >> no, i'm talking about current affairs if i may. you make it sound like it's only on the right. do you see any signs of extremism on the left? >> of course. >> there is extremism on both sides, and the median unable to divert our eyes from the car wreck ga